Enhancement of new production in the northeast subarctic Pacific Ocean during negative North Pacific index events

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1418-1426

  Wong, C S ^a   Whitney, F A ^a   Matear, R J ^b   Iseki, K ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

(NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031774097     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.7.1418     Document Type: Article

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